Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/O Youth, Jrotc, and the American Dream

by Gina M. Pérez

Book Overview

Since the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for "at risk" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147980780X
• ISBN13: 9781479807802
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"